Researchers have discovered the secret of success, and it doesn’t lie in intelligence, social savvy, or personality.
Which character traits have been proven integral to achievement — and how can we help our children hone these qualities?

There are a few things Chava Willig Levy would like you to know about her, but the fact that she’s needed a wheelchair since a bout with polio at age three, doesn’t top the list. Indeed, shortly after the publication of her book A Life Not With Standing, she assures us that her memoir is not a sob story, but a chronicle of the adventures of an iron-lung alumna. Here, Chava shares her views, as well as two excerpts of a book that is poignant, playful, and pensive all at once.